Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Derrière chez Edouard Hubert Lamy 2014

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Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Derrière chez Edouard Hubert Lamy 2014

The wine

The Derrière chez Edouard premier cru is a very attractive wine that can be enjoyed with fish dishes or scallops. It delivers aromas of white fruit and citrus, as well as empyreumatic and verbena notes. The mouth is very aromatic (lemon) and powerful, with an attractive mineral palette and a long finish with plenty of freshness.

With 18.5 hectares spread over six appellations (which includes the Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru), Olivier Lamy – who runs the estate – is one of the best ambassadors of the Saint-Aubin appellation, which is sadly not well known and produces a superb alternative to Chassagne wines. These wines are perfectly pure, taut and elegant thanks to the carefully ageing work.
The Lamy family has been working in Saint-Aubin since the mid-17th century, about 1640. It was Hubert Lamy, Olivier’s father, who created the estate in 1973 with eight hectares of vines. The property grew in the 1990s before Olivier Lamy joined his father in 1995 after finishing his studies in wine and undertaking several apprenticeships to understand wine better. Father and son bridge the worlds of tradition and innovation together before Hubert passed away in 2022 at the age of 79.
In the vineyard as in the winery, the work is carried out meticulously following organic principals (non-certified). The different terroirs, which are densely planted to concentrate the grapes, are vinified separately in 600-litre barrels (with very little new wood). A not-to-be-missed estate in the Côte de Beaune!